Shambhala; The Dark Side
Over the past two months, there have been many twists in the Shambhala ride. Each time a new piece of information is uncovered, more and more questions seem to crop up. What has become clear is that there is a disturbingly dark side to this mythical paradise in the Himalayas.
When I started this trip, I [...]
Arrived in Lijiang – time to go!
It seems that no sooner I have arrived, it’s time to go again – that’s life on the road I guess.
Lijiang is a total shock to the senses. Busy alley ways, hoards of Chinese tourists buying everything from cowboy hats to Yak meat and all manner of trinkets. Just finding my way through the old [...]
How do we get across those mountains then?
Tim was worried that if we were left out here for the night, we would surely perish, Andy was pretty quiet and I began to really feel the cold. 45 minutes went by and still nothing. I was starting to shiver now and I was beginning to come around to Tim’s thinking.
Reviews on Ricoh GRD III
The Age
Click here for the review from the Age
“The camera incorporates the extended dynamic range function. Two images are captured almost simultaneously at different exposures and merged in the camera to give better detail in highlights and shadows.
Image quality is reliably good. Ricoh is not in the pixel wars, favouring better image quality over pixel [...]
First of the race photos uploaded
Photoshop and I have become close friends this week as I’ve been sifting through the rider shots selecting the best ones for posting. It was great to get ahead of the pack on Stage 4 and 5 (thanks Dave White for letting me take off in the dark with just a head torch – I [...]
Dave picks up Camera from Tasco
I picked up the new GX200 Digital Camera and additional lenses today from Tasco! The camera looks amazing and I’ve taken a couple test shots already.
